Organizations

We have identified ten organizations where your time and talent can have a tremendous and long-lasting effect:

Big Brothers/Big Sisters--Julie Moore, 704/377-3963

Seigle Avenue Pre-school Cooperative--Judy Carter, 704/377-8076, ext. 7
Or, Seigle Avenue Partnership--Macie Bennight, 704/371-4922

Communities in Schools--Joannah Roseman, 704/943-9452

Right Moves for Youth--Officer Keith Way, 704/377-4425

West Charlotte High School--Barbara Wilson, 980/343-6060

Several YMCA branches (Please note contact names and numbers for each branch)

• Dowd YMCA Literacy Community Development--Jill Ibbotson, 704/716-6200

• Johnston YMCA--Ericka Ellis-Stewart, 704/716-6347

• McCrorey YMCA—Keith Vinson, 704/716-6500

• Simmons YMCA—Jarrett Royster, 704/716-6615

• Stratford-Richardson YMCA—Byron Henson, 704/716-4816

Urban League of Central Carolinas—Shelia Funderburke, 704/373-2256

Washington Heights Youth Services Academy--Mattie Marshall, 704/332-0441

Thomasboro-Hoskins Community--Vanessa Johnson, 704/319-1092

Girl Talk Foundation--Janine Davis, 704/335-5885

You can access several of these agencies through the United Way at www.uwcentralcarolinas.org. Or, if you prefer, you can contact each organization using the name and telephone number we’ve provided.

Martin Luther King said, “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the creative light of altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment. Life’s persistent and most urgent question is what are you doing for others?”

Thanks for your commitment!